When teaching a patient about restorative rest, the nurse explains that
1. The sleep cycle is enhanced by medications for sleep.
2. The sleep cycle should be approximately 80 rapid eye movement (REM).
3. Nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep is the most restful cycle.
4. REM sleep consists of four stages.
Question 2
A 52-year-old Chinese American patient is admitted to hospice care because of terminal cancer. The nurse understands that this patient may hold that pain
1. Is better expressed by moaning than by complaining in words.
2. Should be verbalized instead of communicated by grimacing.
3. Does not need to be endured, so pain medication should be asked for when needed.
4. Should be suffered in silence, without verbal complaints or other expressions of discomfort.
The Nitrogen Cycle
Patient teaching: female breast assessment
Role-Playing a Situation in Which a Patient Is Frightened, Angry, or Anxious
Which is TRUE about the alternation of generations cycle that is diagramed above?
Promoting Adherence in the Older Adult Patient
Amyloid plaques (stained blue) in the brain of a deceased patient who had Alzheimer’s disease.